Colostomy belt



Nov. 18, 1952 T. J. ADAMS ET AL 2,618,265

COLOSTOMY BELT Filed April 21, 1950 INVENTORS THOMAS ADA-M8. A NDFLO/Ef/VCf C. A DAMS.

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Nov. 18, 1 952 v nrla 's',t o, col'os omy'belts, ur'posafof 1.,our invention, is jtoj, provide a col to'in'y' belt.that'i's'fat'.onceefiicient and simple. In further purpose ofiour,inventionbis to pro videa colostomy .-be lt that: will, normally (stay 7 firmly in place, ampitperrormmg its sanitary and "proii'ectiv e function, .and will. open.up. fully. when so desired, yet is lightfcoo'l',uncomplicated andinexpensive. v

Other-objee and advantages will be apparentfro'mtl'iefollowingdscrip'tion and the claims.

Figure 1 is asomewhatoblique front view, broken away, of 'a'personwearing a particular eni bod im'ent of the colostomy belt of- -ou rinven LSAdaniSand Florence 0. Adams, WfllPW Gfova Pa."

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- Claims; ((11. ni hts) its as thenlswifiging the tab 'i r Figure 2 is,a somewhat oblique-rear view, broken away, of a person wearing this,same belt.

7 v Figur'e'B is a view in elevation, on a larger scale, Io'fjpartofjthe belt; broken away,

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section through-a vertical rib in" our belt,along" the" lines 'fl -d in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a section on a still larger scale, broken away, through apart of the belt along the lines 5-5 in Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a section through the pad in this belt.

Figure '7 is a perspective view, broken away, of a corner of the padtaken separately, with the layerspartly opened up for purposes ofillustration.

In our colostomy belt in the form illustrated, over the colostomy isrectangular pad I0, which has four layers: a layer l2 preferably ofsterilized gauze placed next to the colostomy; a layer l4 preferably ofraw cotton over the first; a layer It preferably of cloth, as forexample a babys wash cloth, over that; and a substantially imperviouslayer l8, as for example of plastic, on the outside.

Four clamps grip the colostomy pad, one near the top and another nearthe bottom of each of the vertical edges of the pad, so that the pad isheld near each of its four corners. Clamps 20 in the form shown are eachof a well known type, with two jaw members 2| and 22 held normally inclosed position by clamping member 23, which has a tail tab which willthen be resting against the top jaw member 22 at a point below andslightly behind fulcrum 24 of the clamping member, and will thus holddown the jaw member, which is itself iulcrumed behind its point ofcontact with the tail tab. Opening of the clamping member swings itstail tab forward, first depressing the somewhat resilient top I of thetop jaw permitting the topjaw toris'e under suitable spring 'actionwhichh'adpreviously been inhibited by thetab.. I-

. Oneither side of-thepad is a vertical rib 38.

connected, to the two adjacentclamps, Prefer ably, the ribisa' straightfiat strip '33 of bone or;

something, equally "strong and flexible, covered b'ydo'uble cloth layer34,"and on the order of.

six inches long. The, connection toothe clamps is "preferably by; clothlloops 35, attachednear the tonandfbottomof the rib to moraorless thecenter of its'nea'r edge, and passingthroughiclamp To 'appro imatelysimilar positions on the .-op'-, posite edge of'each ribisanchored thetwo-ends of the respective cloth s'trip d'l. lntermediatly cloth' strips31 "pass through rings 38;.preferably of bone, thus forming, with theirrespectiveribs',

triangles eachhaving ftwo mobile sides The rings in turn'are attached tooppositeends' of elastic 40, which forms the rearmost portion of thebelt.

The belt, when in position on the body of a wearer having a colostomy onthe left side of his abdomen, will be positioned approximately as shownin Figures 1 and 2. Preferably in such case one vertical rib will bejust a little in back of the outer edge of the left hip bone, while theother will be slightly to the right of the navel.

The belt is at once simple and comfortable and will stay firmly inposition, even when the wearer engages in such activities as gardening,for example. In obtaining this firm positioning, the vertical ribs areimportant.

In order to put the colostomy belt on or off, the wearer will ordinarilyopen the two clamps along one edge. Whenever desired, the wearer canopen all four of the clamps, thus exposing the colostomy and at the sametime freeing the pad for whatever is necessary in the way of replacementof layers, etc. Thus, without removing the rest of the belt from thewaist, it can be opened up completely, leaving nothing in theneighborhood of the colostomy, and any sanitary measures needed can betaken. The pad when in use is quite comfortable and soilproof.

In view of our invention and disclosure variations and modifications tomeet individual whim or particular need will doubtless become evident toother skilled in the art, to obtain all or part of the benefits of ourinvention without copying the structure shown, and we, therefore, claimall such insofar as they fall within the reasonable spirit and scope ofour claims.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A colostomy belt comprising strap structure passing around the rearof the waist and terminating to either side of the colostomy area,vertical positioning ribs attached thereto, one at each end-ct the strapstructure, said ribs being long relative tothe vertical section of thead jacent strap structure and protruding substantially toward the'inside of the belt from the in side of the adjacent strap structure,fasteners attached to the vertical ribs, and a colostomy-pad removablyheld between the fasteners;

2. A colostomy {belt comprising strap structure passing around the rearof the waist to terminate on opposite sides of thecolosto'rny area,- apair of vertical Epositioning ribs attached to the strap structure, oneat each end of the structure, fasteners attached to the ribs, and acompletely removable colostomy portion held between the fastenersand"having a'- disposable layer toward the colostomy and a strong imperviouslayer" away from the colostomy, which portion when in place at oncecoversthe colostomy and forms a necessary-structural part of the beltand when removed leaves the-colostomy completely open;

with no portion of thebelt in its immediate" liquely from thetop andbottom ends of eacli'rib to: the adjacent endbf the back portion.

'4; A fGOIOStOHiY b'elt comprising a single-strapior'm back-portionhaving loop-type connectors at either'ezrd', a colostomy portion, a,vertical rib on each sidejof the colostomy portion and attached thereto;and cloth strips attached to the respective ribs at both the top andbottom ends clamp at each end of each rib, and a colostomy pad removablystretched between the clamps, the whole being adapted to pass around thewaist and protect a colostomy.

GL-A colostomy belt comprising an elastic strap, a pair of rings one ateach end of the elastic strap}: spanof bands one passing through eachring, -apair of vertical rods each attached near its endsto the twoendsvof a different one of the bands, clamps each attached toone of therods near a diifere'nt end} thereof" on the side away from theringand-band, and'a colostomypad removabl'y" held' tn'e t'v veeri theclamps"and having, in the order of their nea'rness" to the'colost'omy,

cotton; a"layerofcloth,'andalayerof'impcrvious; pliable; structurallystrong" plastic;

THOMAS J me FLORENCE c.

streamers oI'TE'n The following. references are of record: in the fileof this patent:

UNITED Number Name" Date 1,951,937 J lldd M51? 20 1 934 2,002,931 wnian---1 Ma 28, 1935 2 527321 Mett'e Oct. 24, 1950

